: Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodrigo, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Haaland.

Subs: Carson, Dias, Grealish, Doku, Alvarez, Akanji, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis.

Good to see Johnny back

Good luck to him. He deserves it. Working with a team of high performers and egos will be a good indicator of if he can make it at the top level.

Would love him at the helm at City one day.

Utd have a lot to prove and they have played better in the last few games. We need to control Rashford, reckon he'll play like a man possessed after being left out by Southgate.

It's a derby, it's a cup final, form goes out the window. We need to be on top of our game today and we've got the quality to don it. Come on City!

Match day has arrived

Good luck blues

7-1   

I'm going to go for a good old derby scoreline of 5-1. It could get really ugly for the rags given everything surrounding them at the moment. They don't have the character they need in the team. I'm hopeful that Erling will be deadly and KDB is due a good game too.

Eric Ten Hag sacked win or lose
United to build a brick wall

City to win comfortabe

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Match officials
Referee Andrew Madley
Harry Lennard and Nick Hopton assistant referees.

Fourth official Simon Hooper

Michael Oliver VAR.

Match Odds 90 mins
City 4/11
draw 5/1
rags 8/1

It looks like we might need a replacement next summer though. Vinny would have to do a good job at Bayern. It is going to be a hell of a job for anyone that takes over from Pep. We will need to be patient.